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Who can say, "I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin"?
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Diverse weights and diverse measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
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Even children make themselves known by their acts, by whether what they do is pure and right.
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The hearing ear and the seeing eye— the Lord has made them both.
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Do not love sleep, or else you will come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
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"Bad, bad," says the buyer, then goes away and boasts.
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There is gold, and abundance of costly stones; but the lips informed by knowledge are a precious jewel.
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Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger; seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.
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Bread gained by deceit is sweet, but afterward the mouth will be full of gravel.
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Plans are established by taking advice; wage war by following wise guidance.
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A gossip reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a babbler.